Etymograph

English

nonary

Nonary comes from Latin nōnārius, from nōnus ‘ninth’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ ‘nine’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁néwn̥1‘nine’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁newn̥(n)ós1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nowenos1‘ninth’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōnus1‘ninth’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōnārius1
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1984nonary1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English nonary
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1984, L. J. Walpole, Fourth-Rank Tensors of the Thirty-Two Crystal Classes: Multi: “[…] and the rhombic algebra is established as the…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁néwn̥Wiktionary, English nonary‘nine’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁newn̥(n)ósWiktionary, English nonaryreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nowenosWiktionary, English nonary‘ninth’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōnusWiktionary, English nonary‘ninth’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōnāriusWiktionary, English nonary
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1984nonaryWiktionary, English nonary. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1984, L. J. Walpole, Fourth-Rank Tensors of the Thirty-Two Crystal Classes: Multi: “[…] and the rhombic algebra is established as the…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ ‘nine’

nine, ninth, 10 more

through Latin nōnus ‘ninth’

noon, 7 more

Today it means

adj Of ninth rank or order.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “nonary”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ / nonary

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